Bulls @ Sixers Postgame Thread: When easy is never easy...
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:35 am
The first quarter, was terrible to watch. Our shots weren't falling but we compounded that by turning the ball over to feed the Sixers offense.
The second quarter, our shots started falling and we kept our turnovers down which didn't lead to easy fast break points for the Sixers which subquently stunted their offensive output. They are a terrible half court team, thus it was importan to keep our turnovers down. We were down by 18 early and ended the first half leading by 5.
The third quarter, we kept out turnovers down, begun to crash the boards harder and took smart shots. Philly players looked like they gave up and play continues to be sloppy.
The fourth quarter, it looked like two teams just going through the motions. The only player that really played like it was still a close game was Noc. But besides him, the Sixers played like they were going to lose, seemingly satisfied with just trading baskets with the Bulls. And the Bulls were playing just to keep the lead without really exerting any extra effort to stomp on them and finish the game early in the fourth to make it a blow out. The Sixers actually captialize on the Bulls laziness to take over the game, and get back into the game. Of course, the Bulls make some crucial turnovers late in the game to allow the Sixers to make a game out of a game that should have ended much earlier in the fourth.
Our best players. Noc and Joe. Joe is just dependable and consistent. Gives a consistent effort game in and game out, and also a very smart player. Our best front court player by a long mile. Noc whilst battling the flu gives us one of his better scoring efforts tonight scoring 26 points in 30 mintues on 11 of 18 shooting alnng with 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Honorable mention. Thabo. He played really well in the second half when we were making our surge back into the game. He handled the ball smartly, rebounded well, defended effectively and actually made some shots. Boylan decided to be stingy with Thabo in the second half and didn't give him any significant mintues. Thabo did make two big free throws when the game was close at the end of the game.
The second quarter, our shots started falling and we kept our turnovers down which didn't lead to easy fast break points for the Sixers which subquently stunted their offensive output. They are a terrible half court team, thus it was importan to keep our turnovers down. We were down by 18 early and ended the first half leading by 5.
The third quarter, we kept out turnovers down, begun to crash the boards harder and took smart shots. Philly players looked like they gave up and play continues to be sloppy.
The fourth quarter, it looked like two teams just going through the motions. The only player that really played like it was still a close game was Noc. But besides him, the Sixers played like they were going to lose, seemingly satisfied with just trading baskets with the Bulls. And the Bulls were playing just to keep the lead without really exerting any extra effort to stomp on them and finish the game early in the fourth to make it a blow out. The Sixers actually captialize on the Bulls laziness to take over the game, and get back into the game. Of course, the Bulls make some crucial turnovers late in the game to allow the Sixers to make a game out of a game that should have ended much earlier in the fourth.
Our best players. Noc and Joe. Joe is just dependable and consistent. Gives a consistent effort game in and game out, and also a very smart player. Our best front court player by a long mile. Noc whilst battling the flu gives us one of his better scoring efforts tonight scoring 26 points in 30 mintues on 11 of 18 shooting alnng with 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Honorable mention. Thabo. He played really well in the second half when we were making our surge back into the game. He handled the ball smartly, rebounded well, defended effectively and actually made some shots. Boylan decided to be stingy with Thabo in the second half and didn't give him any significant mintues. Thabo did make two big free throws when the game was close at the end of the game.
That is some dreamy smile.